Prosecutor Eze E. Eze informed the court that the accused
persons were arrested by an AEPB Ministerial Task force Team
while selling sachet water along road junctions and in
unauthorized places in the territory.

He said they committed offences contrary to Section 35(1) (d)
of the AEPB Act 10 of 1997.

When the charges were read to the accused persons, each of
them pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.

The prosecutor urged the court to try the accused persons
summarily according to Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure
Code.

Magistrate Aminu Abdullahi ordered that the minors be flogged
eight strokes of the cane and ruled that their parents must write
undertakings never to hawk again before they have their
confiscated items released.